Some people think that universities should provide graduates with the knowledge and skills needed in the workplace. Others think that the true function of university should be to give access to knowledge for its own sake, regardless of whether the course is useful to an employer. What, in your opinion, should be the main function of a university?

It is argued by some that

universities

should give

graduates

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the

knowledge

and

skills

that have a high demand in the

workplace

, while others think that

universities

should give only

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knowledge

without regarding it is useful to an employer. I believe that

universities

should provide

graduates

with the

knowledge

and

skills

that are required in the

workplace

because it would allow them to get a job rapidly and the number of skilled

workers

would increase. The main reason why

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universities

should give

graduates

with

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the

knowledge

and

skills

that are valuable in the

workplace

is that it would facilitate getting a job quickly.

This

is because the

graduates

had already equipped with practical

skills

required in the

workplace

and the employers favour them because they will not spend more money on these new staff.

For example

, nurses in the USA gets job quickly when they graduate from university because they have already taken practicals in hospitals. The

second

reason why

universities

should provide

graduates

with the

knowledge

and

skills

that are needed in the

workplace

is that it will increase the number of skilled

workers

.

This

reason is to fill the gap of shortage of skilled

workers

in

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nowadays.

For instance

, Canada decided to give a subsidy to the

universities

to increase the production of skilled

workers

in order to reduce the shortage of skilled

workers

in the country. In conclusion, I believe that

universities

should produce

graduates

with the

knowledge

and

skills

needed in the market because

this

would allow

graduates

to get jobs easily and the

skilled

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workers

would grow their numbers.